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Cubs hold off Brewers to complete sweep

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8/2/15: Addison Russell adds to the Cubs lead with a towering solo home run to deep center in the top of the 2nd inning

By Brandon Curry and Carrie Muskat
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MILWAUKEE -- Addison Russell smacked a solo home run to back Clayton Richard, who helped himself by hitting an RBI double, leading the Cubs to a 4-3 victory Sunday over the Brewers to complete a four-game sweep. However, Chicago rookie Kris Bryant had to leave the game in the fifth inning after a headfirst slide into second.

Making his fourth start with the Cubs, Richard scattered five hits over six innings. The lefty also doubled in the fourth, his first hit in eight at-bats with the team.

Parra trade creates opportunity for Davis

Brewers youngster will get plenty of at-bats as primary left fielder

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8/1/15: Khris Davis singles up the middle to plate Ryan Braun and put the Brewers on the board in the 4th inning

By Brandon Curry
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MILWAUKEE -- Outfielder Khris Davis is another Brewers player who will benefit from the club's recent trades. After Gerardo Parra was dealt to the Orioles on Friday, left field will be primarily manned by Davis for the remainder of the season.

Milwaukee's roster has just four natural outfielders. Like Shane Peterson and Logan Schafer in center field, Davis now has time to prove he can be an everyday player.

Offense unable to get on track

8/1/15: Brewers manager Craig Counsell discusses Kyle Schwarber's at-bat and the home run by Anthony Rizzo that led to a 4-2 loss

By Carrie Muskat and Brandon Curry
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MILWAUKEE -- Anthony Rizzo belted his fourth homer in as many games, a three-run shot in the third, and rookie Kyle Schwarber added a solo home run to power the Cubs to a 4-2 victory Saturday night over the Brewers for their fourth straight win.

Kyle Hendricks scattered four hits over seven-plus innings for the win, his first since July 5. In his 21 starts, the right-hander has 11 no-decisions, the most by any pitcher in the Majors.

Homers continue to plague pitching staff

8/1/15: Anthony Rizzo launches a three-run home run, his 20th of the season, to right field to open the scoring in the 3rd inning

By Brandon Curry
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MILWAUKEE -- An unusual occurrence from seasons past keeps rearing its ugly head at Miller Park this year for the Brewers. The story was indeed the same on Saturday in a 4-2 loss to the Cubs.

Anthony Rizzo belted a three-run home run off starter Matt Garza in the third and Kyle Schwarber added a solo shot in the seventh, giving Brewers opponents 79 homers in 52 games this season at Miller Park. Compare that to just 52 for Milwaukee hitters and the reason for the Brewers' 20-32 record in home starts to become clearer.

Schafer out to prove he belongs

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Schafer's jumping catch 0:35

4/27/15: Logan Schafer goes back to the warning track and leaps to make an impressive grab on a deep fly ball hit by Brandon Phillips

By Brandon Curry
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MILWAUKEE -- Outfielder Logan Schafer has had his fair share of opportunities to prove himself to the Brewers. After the club dealt away Carlos Gomez and Gerardo Parra, Schafer finds himself back in the big leagues and with another chance to try and do the same.

Schafer, a third-round pick by the Brewers in the 2008 Draft, was recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs on Friday. Schafer started the season on the Opening Day roster, but he was optioned Colorado Springs on May 5 to make room for second baseman Scooter Gennett. Schafer will likely see time in center field, splitting the starts in some capacity with Shane Peterson.

Club adds five new members to Top 30 Prospects list in 24-hour period

MILWAUKEE -- Two more trades in the hours before Friday's non-waiver Trade Deadline reinforced the Brewers' entry to a rebuilding phase and forced more changes to the list of the team's Top 30 prospects, more than a third of whom were not in the organization on the final day of last season.

Eleven of the Brewers' 30 best prospects, as they're ranked by MLB.com, have come to the Brewers in the past nine months. Nine of those players were added in the past two months, either via the Draft or by trade, including five in the final 24 hours before Friday's 3 p.m. CT Deadline.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

After dealing prominent run producers, club looking for players to step up and fuel bats

MILWAUKEE -- Brewers manager Craig Counsell knew scoring runs would be a challenge after the club dealt away Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Gomez and Gerardo Parra in deals to restock its farm system. His prediction played out again on Friday.

Milwaukee managed seven hits in a 4-1 defeat to the Cubs and starter Jason Hammel at Miller Park, continuing its recent struggles at the plate. The loss came just hours after Parra was traded to the Orioles, while Gomez was packaged in a deal to the Astros on Thursday. Overall, the offense has managed 15 runs in its last nine games.

Crew quieted after Braun makes early noise

7/31/15: Ryan Braun hits his 19th home run of the season, a solo shot to right-center field to give the Brewers an early 1-0 lead

By Carrie Muskat and Brandon Curry
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MILWAUKEE -- Anthony Rizzo belted his third homer in as many games, Starlin Castro drove in two runs and Jason Hammel continued to frustrate the Brewers as the Cubs posted a 4-1 victory Friday night in front of 35,669 at Miller Park.

Hammel served up six hits, including Ryan Braun's 19th home run with two outs in the first. The Cubs right-hander improved to 7-0 in nine career starts against the Brewers, who also are a favorite target for Rizzo. The first baseman, who hit a three-run blast on Thursday, now has 12 homers against Milwaukee, his most against any team.

Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings. You can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat and listen to her podcast. Brandon Curry is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Parra deal nets another building block for Crew

Milwaukee lands RHP prospect Davies from Orioles for outfielder

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Top Prospects: Davies, MIL 1:05

2015 MLB.com Top Prospects: Zach Davies has managed success due to a a three-pitch mix he commands extremely well

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers were busy ahead of Friday's 3 p.m. CT non-waiver Trade Deadline, and as a result, Gerardo Parra was on the move again.

Parra, traded from the D-backs to the Brewers last July 31, was shipped to Baltimore on Friday. The Brewers' return was Minor League pitcher Zach Davies, a 22-year-old right-hander with a good changeup who ranked No. 3 on MLB.com's list of the top Orioles prospects.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers on Friday traded reliever Jonathan Broxton and cash to the Cardinals in Milwaukee's fourth and final trade during the eight days leading to Friday's non-waiver Trade Deadline.

The Brewers received 20-year-old outfielder Malik Collymore for Broxton and sent $3 million to St. Louis to complete the deal. The cash covered $1 million of Broxton's remaining salary this season plus the buyout of his 2016 option.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Brewers add righty Guilmet to bullpen

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5/24/15: Preston Guilmet strikes out Sam Fuld swinging to tally his first strikeout as a member of the Rays in his season debut

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers added a waiver claim to their flurry of non-waiver Trade Deadline deals, picking up right-handed reliever Preston Guilmet from the Dodgers and adding him to their bullpen.

Guilmet joins right-hander Tyler Thornburg as new additions to Milwaukee's relief corps this weekend against the Cubs. Two 25-man roster spots opened earlier Friday when the team traded Gerardo Parra to the Orioles and Jonathan Broxton to the Cardinals.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

MILWAUKEE -- This time it isn't a drill: The Brewers have traded Carlos Gomez.

Not to the Mets, who nixed a trade for Gomez late Wednesday over concerns about his health, but to the Astros, who sent four top prospects -- two of whom ranked in MLBPipeline.com's top 100 -- to the Brewers on Thursday for Gomez, right-hander Mike Fiers and international signing dollars.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Brewers beef up system in Gomez-Fiers trade

Houston sends two top 100 prospects to Milwaukee to strengthen its playoff push

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Top Prospects: Phillips, MIL 1:05

2015 MLB.com Top Prospects: 2012 draftee Brett Phillips turned promise into production in 2014 before the Astros traded him to the Brewers

Yet another example of how much progress the Astros have made in 2015 came on Thursday evening. Houston gave up four prospects in a trade, something it never would have considered at any other point this decade.

But these aren't the Astros that finished with baseball's worst record for three years running in 2011-13 or haven't had a winning season since 2008. They're leading the American League West in pursuit of their first division title in 14 years.

Nelson's emergence a boon to rotation

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Nelson's dominant start 1:26

7/30/15: Jimmy Nelson goes seven scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and three walks while striking out eight Cubs

By Brandon Curry
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MILWAUKEE -- General manager Doug Melvin mentioned Jimmy Nelson when discussing the trade he made minutes before Thursday's game against the Cubs, a 5-2 loss. Which might be considered odd, seeing how Nelson wasn't a part of the deal. But the emergence of Nelson, along with other young arms in the rotation, made packaging starter Mike Fiers with Carlos Gomez in the trade easier to digest.

Nelson backed up Melvin's vote of confidence, firing seven scoreless innings at Miller Park. He surrendered just two hits and retired 12 of the 14 hitters he faced from innings three to six.

'Pen rewrites ending with Crew in line for win

7/30/15: Jonathan Lucroy drives in the first run of the ballgame with a line-drive double down the left-field line, scoring Gerardo Parra

By Carrie Muskat and Brandon Curry
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MILWAUKEE -- Anthony Rizzo smacked a three-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning and rookies Kris Bryant and Kyle Schwarber each drove in a run in the ninth to lift the Cubs to a 5-2 victory over the Brewers on Thursday night.

Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings. You can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat and listen to her podcast. Brandon Curry is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Surgery a success for prospect Harrison

2015 MLB.com Top Prospects: Monte Harrison led the Rookie-level Arizona League in steals and showed excellent bat speed in his debut

By Brandon Curry
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MILWAUKEE -- Outfielder Monte Harrison, the Brewers' No. 9 prospect, underwent successful surgery on Thursday to repair a fracture in his left tibia and a dislocated fibula in his left ankle, with a plate and screws placed in the ankle. He will resume baseball activities in six months and will fully ready to go by Spring Training.

Harrison, 19, sustained the injury rounding third base during a July 21 game with Rookie-level Helena. He was taken off the field by emergency medical technicians and transported to the hospital.

Brewers, Mets put brakes on Gomez deal

Concern over outfielder's hip cited in breakdown of trade

MLB Tonight breaks down the Mets-Brewers trade involving Carlos Gomez that fell through as both teams could not agree to a deal

By Anthony DiComo and Adam McCalvy
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NEW YORK -- Just before an airplane full of Brewers lifted off from San Francisco International Airport late Wednesday, Milwaukee center fielder Carlos Gomez was told that he had been traded to the Mets. Within hours the deal had shattered, and the night descended into a swirl of speculation.

Brewers manager Craig Counsell informed Gomez of a deal that -- pending medical approval -- would have sent him to New York in exchange for starting pitcher Zack Wheeler and infielder Wilmer Flores, who teared up upon learning of the trade during the Mets' 7-3 loss to the Padres. Several hours later, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson broke the news that "there is no trade."

Brewers end trip with shutout loss to Giants

7/29/15: Carlos Gomez charges a fly ball off the bat of Matt Duffy and dives to make an outstanding catch in the 1st inning

By Chris Haft and Adam McCalvy
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Ehire Adrianza's two-run single was the biggest hit in a five-run, seventh-inning outburst Wednesday for the San Francisco Giants, who bested the Milwaukee Brewers, 5-0, at AT&T Park.

The Giants, who concluded a 5-1 homestand, shattered a scoreless tie as Matt Duffy singled and came home on Hunter Pence's double off Milwaukee starter Mike Fiers (5-9) to begin the seventh. Brandon Belt singled, Brandon Crawford launched a sacrifice fly and Hector Sanchez doubled before Adrianza, replacing injured second baseman Joe Panik, grounded his hit to right. That hastened San Francisco's 13th win in its last 15 games.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Brewers finished their road trip with a whimper Wednesday, going 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position in a 5-0 loss to the Giants. Milwaukee was shut out three times while going 2-5 in Phoenix and San Francisco, and batted .128 (6-for-47) in the clutch.

"We would love to be more consistent. We would love to score five runs every day," said right fielder Ryan Braun, who was 0-for-4, struck out twice and left five runners on base. "Unfortunately, the game doesn't work that way."

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Peralta, Parra lead Brewers to win over Giants

7/28/15: Carlos Gomez knocks an opposite-field double to right, driving home Gerardo Parra to give the Brewers an early lead in the 1st

By Oliver Macklin and Adam McCalvy
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Gerardo Parra finished a homer short of a cycle and Wily Peralta pitched into the seventh inning in his first start in over two months as the Milwaukee Brewers snapped the San Francisco Giants' six-game win streak with a 5-2 victory Tuesday night at AT&T Park.

Peralta, who had not pitched since May 22 because of a strained left oblique, showed no signs of rust as he shut down a Giants lineup that averaged more than six runs per game over its previous 13 contests. Peralta limited San Francisco to four hits through the first six frames before allowing a double and two runs in the seventh.

SAN FRANCISCO -- At Miller Park on Tuesday, general manager Doug Melvin gathered his staff for another long day of work leading up to Friday's non-waiver Trade Deadline. Two thousand miles away at AT&T Park, Gerardo Parra did his part to make Melvin's groundwork pay dividends.

The Brewers' top trade chip enjoyed another banner night, scoring three runs while finishing a home run shy of the cycle and making a highlight-reel catch to help extinguish the Giants' best rally in the Brewers' 5-2 win. The better Parra plays, the more likely it is he'll be wearing a different uniform by the end of the week.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Brewers' rotation a credit to farm system

SAN FRANCISCO -- Wily Peralta's return from a two-month stint on the disabled list Tuesday gave the Brewers four homegrown players in the current -- albeit six-man -- starting rotation, a notable development considering the common perception that Milwaukee does a poor job developing pitchers.

Besides Peralta, who signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2005, the Brewers' current rotation includes Mike Fiers (22nd-round Draft pick in 2009), Jimmy Nelson (second round, 2010) and Taylor Jungmann (first round, 2011). Tyler Cravy (17th round, 2009) and Tyler Wagner (fourth round, 2012) also started games this season for Milwaukee and are back in the Minors.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

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Lucroy named Bob Feller Act of Valor Award nominee

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The award honors the legacy of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller, who fought for the U.S. military. (Getty)

By Andrew Simon
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The active Major League players and Hall of Famers nominated for the 2015 Bob Feller Act of Valor Award were revealed Tuesday.

The award, now in its third year, honors the legacy of Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller, who became the first professional athlete to enlist in the U.S. military after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. A current MLB player, a Hall of Famer and a U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer are recognized each Veterans Day in a ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Heston received the win for the third time in as many starts as he allowed two runs on five hits, with three walks and four strikeouts. The right-hander helped the Giants win for the 12th time in 13 games and cut their National League West deficit behind the first-place Dodgers to a half-game.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Brewers center fielder Carlos Gomez and manager Craig Counsell were ejected during a ninth inning Monday with no runs but a heavy dose of drama in the waning moments of a 4-2 loss to the Giants at AT&T Park.

Gomez led off with a single under first baseman Brandon Belt's glove and attempted a steal of second base, despite the Brewers trailing by two runs. The initial call was safe, but the Giants challenged and won to the dismay of Gomez, who spiked his helmet and was ejected. When Counsell argued that the punishment did not fit the crime, he was ejected, too -- marking the first time in 17 years as a Major League player or manager that Counsell was sent to the showers.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AdamMcCalvy, like him on Facebook and listen to his podcast. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.